Mail-marking machine.



No. 856,345. PATE'NTED JUNE 11, 1907;

F. G.- JAHN. I MAIL MARKING MACHINE.

APILIQATION FILED FEB. 24,1905.

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No, 3561345. PATENTED JUNEHIVI, 1907;

F; G J'AHN'." MAIL MARKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION'I'ILED FEB. 24, 1906.

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PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907. F. G. JAHN. MAIL MARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1905.

9SHEETS-SHEET -3 Nibwsses No. $56,3 1:). PATENTED JUN 11. 1,907.

I I F. G. JAHNL MAIL MARKING MAOHINQ.

APPLICATION IILEDY m3. 24,1905.

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'PATENTED JUNE 11 1907.

F. G. JAHN." MAIL MARKING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1906.

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PATENT-ED HD1311, 190?. ILGJAHN. MAIL MARKING MACHINE.

APPLIGLTIOH FILED FEB. 24, 1906.

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, PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

P. G.'JA-HN. MAIL MARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED I313. 24, 1905.

9 SHEETS-SHEET 9v UNITED srA'rns FREDERICK, e. JAHN, or NEW YORK-IN. Y 'A'ssieNoR ToTH-EjaNTERNa' TIONAL POSTAL SUPPLY COMPANY OF NEW'YOBK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK, A CORPORATIONOENEW YORK.;

AIL -MAR'KI G' A HI To all whom, it may concern.-

--Be it known that I FRE ERIOK- G. J A HN, a

citizen of the United State residing at the boroughof Brooklyn, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Marking Machines, of- .Which the followingiis a specification.

The "present invention relates generally to printing mechanism and more particularly to that class adapted for use in post ofiices for Y marking mail matter; that is to say, to machines employed to cancel the stamps and postmark letters and other 'mail matter.

' ,And it has for its object the cheapening and simplification of the mechanism of such machines the lessening of the needed adjustments and further to adapt them to be hand operated in contradistinction tobeingdriven by other power.

, zo' As a better understanding of the invention may behad from a detailed description of a;

practical embodiment thereof, such description will now be given, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a plan view of the machine;

and Fig. 2 is a like view, enlarged, parts of the table bein broken away and the ,operat .ing hand wheel removedto accommodate the view to the sheet.' Figs. 3 and 4, are respec- 0 tively front and rear side elevations. Fig. 5,

is an end elevation. Fig. 6, is an enlarged vertical cross section on the line 6 of Fig. 3,

showing the driving mechanism and large feed roller with the hand wheel in place but 3 5 parts thereof broken away. Fig. 7, is a similar section on the line 7, of Fig. 4,.showing the separator and adjacent parts.

a horizontal section on the 'line 8, of Fig. 7,

showing the separator bearing' and guard plate. Fig. 9, is an enlarged plan view'of the trip and printing mechanism, the trip feed and pressure rollers being in section. Fig.

10, is an elevation of the trip mechanism, the

position of the adjacent trip feed and res- 45,.sure rollers being indicated by dotted ines.

Fig. 1]., is an enlarged vertical cross section on the line 11 of Fig. 3, showing the printing j couple and the'clutc'h for driving one of its members. Fig. 12 is a similar view on the line. 12 of Fig. 3, showing particularly the stacker-feed idler roller-construction below the machine table, the upper parts being 1 1, broken away.- Fig. 13', is an enlarged verti-.

"cal section of the die and diehub removed Fig. 8, is

Specification of Letters Patent". Patented June 11,1997. Applicatien filed February 24,1905. .Sei-ialNo. 247,198.

Fig. 15, is a frontelevation-of the'type box seat. Fig. 16, is a like view of the type boX.

the clutch mechanism 'on the line 17 of-Fig' 1.1. Fig. '18, is an'enlarged horizontal sectable showing the major portion of the transmitting gearing and contiguousparts. Fig. 19, is an elevation partly in section of the complete machine on its stand, the machine table with the parts it supports beingturned upwardly for access to its underlying parts,

of the smallness of the size of the view.

The improved mechanism is arran ed to handle mail matter in bunches or hand uls at a time with the individual pieces thereof pre viously faced with the posta e stamps, as commonly applied, at the-lower front face and forseparator B, a printing couple C includinga trip device for controlling the o eration of the printer or die and a stac er D; the

' to a..hand wheel 139 conveniently located in an inclined position at the front side of the machine in pro'pinquity to the feed mechan ism, the operator using his right hand to supmechanism and to hold-them i'n placewhile the hand wheel.

associated with'it and preferably located ashort distance therefrom a smaller feed roller 21 having near its lower edge a similar rubber ring 246, the u er portion of/said roller serving 'asa guard fbr matter ofundue height.

.from its spindle. -Fig-. 14, a horizontal section of the same on theline 14 of Fig.13.

ward corner thereof allresting on their nar,

and are mechanism A with which is associated af ply the bunches of mail matter to the feedthe individualpieces are being successively fed and employing his lefthand in turning Fig. 17, is an enlarged horizontalsection oftion taken immediately below the machine many of the parts'being omitted on 'account parts arranged with their longitudinal axes vertical and to be operated by power applied The feed mechanism consists ofra large feed roller 23 having a feeding surface pro'- vided by a rubber ring-245 and has preferably Directly opposed to the large feed roller 21 is mounted the separator consisting of a narrow roller 44 supporting a rubber feed ring 247 and a guard plate 58 which is slotted to permit the protrusion ofthe separator roller and its coaction with the feed roller to insure the feed of single pieces. of matter. in succession through the machine; In advance of the feed and separator rollers is a air of feed rollers consisting .of the trip fee roller 146 and trip pressure roller 149 which coact to carry the individual pieces of matter from the feed mechanism to the printing couple. The printing couple consists of a constantly rotating impression roller 34 having an im-- pression surface formed by a rubber ring 244 and anintermittently rotated printing die 207 that is mounted on a constantly revolvtion and hence it results that no matter how long the piece of mail matter may be the die willoperate only once thereon.

The connection between the constantly rotating die spindle and the intermittently rotated die consists of a friction clutch carried by the spindle and composed of a plurality of surface engaging disks 135, 237, the former 1 rotating with the spindle and the latter connected to the die in a manner to be hereinafter more fully described.

After being marked in passing between the members of the printing couple the indi vidual pieces of matter pass thence between a stacker feed roller 144 carrying a pair of rubber feed rings 243 and a stacker idler roller 351 and then longitudinally along at one side of a guard plate 57 toward an end a stop 50, the broad faces'of the mail matter being struck by the wings of a rotating stacker star wheel 9 which protrudes sufliciently beyond'the inner vertical face of the guard plate to move or-press the arrivingmailv matter laterally away from said plate so that space is made for the unobstructed passage of succeeding pieces of mail matter toward the end stop 50. The mail 1natterissupported inits vertical condition while in the stacker by a laterally moving slide plate 54 which gradually retreats from the guard plate under the pressure of the accumulating matter and the action of thestar wheel 9.

The connecting gearing by which the several parts operate in unison is located below' .the machine table 5 and between it and a upper end of a spindle 154 that turns in bearings in the table 5 and gear plate 6 and carries sleeve carrying a bevel pinion 268 and one of i the gear train wheels 16. The bevel pinion 268 is in mesh through an intermediate bevel pinion 40 with a driving bevel pinion 267 that is fast to one end of'a driving spindle 152 supported in an inclined position bya sleeve 285 secured by a set screw 46 to an angularly disposed bearing in the machine-table and projecting upwardly above said table with the upper projecting end of the spindle carrying the driving hand wheel 139, b y which all the parts of the machine a're rotated. By including the drivingspindle 152, the handwheel is brought over the upper side off the machine so that the weight of the operators left hand, usuallyunaccustomed to such work is in a measure supported by the wheel and the needed exertion on'theoperator in holding. his left arm entirely free is practically avoided. So too both of hishands are brought close together and thus work to better advantagewhile the jerky orfirregular motion incident to the-operation of. a handwheel supported in horizontal bearings is wholly prevented. J

The' lower end of the sleeve 285 carries an intermediate bracket 15 supporting a stud. on which the intermediate bevel pinion 40 is mounted and on which it is held in place by a washer and screw 77. The intermediate bracket has a cap piece held in place by screws109, Figs. 3 and 5 clamping the end of the sleeve. And said cap piece has a dowel 187 entering a hole in. the sleeve by' which the bracket 15 is held in proper location on the sleeve with the intermediate pin.- ion 40 in mesh with the bevel pinion 268.

The dowel 187 being more or less slender provides an easily breakable and readily breakable part which will be sheared before any of the teeth of the gear train can become broken or stripped by reason of the great leverage of the hand wheel should anything clog the machine, as in an attempt to feed unduly thick or bulky matter or from other causes putting excessive burden on the teeth of the gear train. age of'the' dowel 187, and the continued rotation of the hand WheeLQtheconstruction is such that the bracket 15, will be ro'tatively forced around onits supporting sleeve 285, to thereby carry its bevel gear 40, out of mesh with the bevel gear .268 on the feed roller spindle 155, stopping all motion of the ma- 0 une. I e

The hand wheel 139 is loosely mounted on its spindle and is held in place thereon by a cap 141 whichfhas a diametrically disposed In case of the break- {or clutch pawl "17 1- whic of the side walls of the cap recess when the 'hand wheel is rotated forwardly and thereby communicates such motion of the handwheel to the driving spindle 152 In a backward rectangular recess fitting a similar shaped end on the spindle and removably secured thereto by ascrew 377. The handwheel hub, however, carries a Spl ing. seated driving engages with one movement of the hand wheel its pawl will slip idly past the walls of the recess. and consequently be ineffectual to move the rotative J parts of the machine; the cap being in effect arat'chet wheel with two teeth. e

- The separator roller 44, Figs. 7. and 8, is

carried at the end of a spindle 167 whichis.

mounted in a bearing 27 projecting upwardly from one end of. a horizontal rock arm 45 that i is carried by a pivot 166 held in thetable and gear plate. The separator spindle-bearing 27, Fig. 18, is arranged at some distance in advance of the e that the feed r0 ler when rotating will have ivot of the rock-arm 45, so

the tendency of throwing the separator roller and the guard plate 58, away from said feed roller in contradistinction to the reverse and harmful tendency of drawing the separator roller and guard platetoward. it were the pivot located forward of said hearing. ,In ad- "be worn straightiii heuof conical.

dition, the bearing supported by the forward free end of the rock-arm rovides a long extended support for the re ler spindle -1'67,' so

r the needed adjustments while keeping the wheel and piniqn in mesh. The direction ofv rotation of the separator roller 44 is the re-' verse of the feeding movement of the feed roller or rollers and the gap between the oppositely revolving peripheries of the two rollers is so adjusted that the feed of more than one piece of mail matter at a time is prevented. This bearing 27 also carries the separator guard plate 58 by means'of a pin 168. seated in a horizontal extension of the bearing-with its screw threaded end engaged by a thumb nut 91 that is journaled-in the bearing against endwise movement and when rotated adjusts. the guard plate laterally with respect to its separator roller 44 and bearing 27, and

also toward or from the opposed-large feed .roller 23.

The guard plate is guided to move in right lines by its tongue 315 moving in a slot in an armof the bearing. The thumb nut 91 is engaged by a spring seatedratchet pin 176 to hold it in against acci- I dental rotations. The guard plate haswhigh flat faces directly opposed to the large feed sha ed throat for theleading edgesof the as sem led mail-matter that is held upright with roller, is curved to guard the'entrance to the I 's'e'pa'rator roller andlto form a curved wedge the forward or outer piece resting against the The entrance end of {i8 extended by a prolongation orloop 591against which the pack of mail matter islalined.

The inner end of the guardplate eXtendsfor: a 7 short distance alongside of and parallelwith the path of movement of themail :mat-

ter'from the feed and separator rollers to the trip feed andpressure rollers. the guard isfengaged by one end of an adjusting pin 93 pivoted thereto by a' removable hinge pin 174. The outer end of the pin 93 passes through the eye of a post 12 projecting rigidly from the machine table 5- and is en-., gaged by a thumb nut which may adjust thesepar'ator as a whole, i. e. the roller and guard plate, toward or'from the large feed roller. The adjusting pin has a coiled spring 221- inter'posed between the 0st and an adjustable collar 257' on the pm, which -yield rubber feed ring 2450f the large feed roller I and-adjustment of the guard with res ect to. the separator roller'is to compensate or the wear of its rubber ring 247. The'two'adjustments also permit a regulation of the. separator in dealing with quantities of mail matter either thinner or thicker than the average thickness of such matter so that the thinner matter will be properly separated and .two feed rollersjbut with very, sl ight' against the-smaller one. 1 I

This end "Of ingly holds the separator as a whole toward i IIO the-feed of the thicker matter will not be un-' N duly retarded.

The trip feed roller 146 is in two parts; separated sufliciently to accommodate a portion of the trip mechanism, the upper one being removably securedto a spindle 156 for access to and removal of the trip mechanism, and

the lower part 147 fixed to saidi spindle. The spindle-finds-bearings in the table and gear plate andhas secured to its lower end a gear 271 of the gear train. The coacting trip pressure roller 149 is groovedto escape the protruding trip and is secured to a spindle edwin the tablefand gear plate; a suitable spring--'see Fig. 18connected to said arm 162? mounted in bearings providedby a horiv i zontal'rock arm- 28 having a pivot 104 seatand to a. pin 20 [depending from-thetable holdin the-pressure roller [149 ,yieldingly towar its companion feedr'oller 146147 to permit varying thicknesses of mail matter v the trip-bar provides a bushed bearing for I "the upper end of the die spindle 157 and rig idly supports a trip guard 208 extending longitudinally along one, side of the path of movement of themail matter between the trip bar and the entrance to the trip feed and pressure rollers previously described. The

outer end of the trip guard extends between" the upper and lower trip feed-rollersand is bifurcated to provide room for the protru:

sion and free movement of the trip 205.

The-trip or trip finger 205 is pivotally mounted to an arm of a rock lever 206 supported in bearings in the tripbar 67 and is also connected by a link 204 with one end of a rock arm 203 that is pivoted tothe undersideof the trip bar, which rock arm carries at its other end the rotatable star wheel stop 129 providing. a plurality of seats for a coacting stop stud. or roll 138 on the head of the printer or die-hub 207. The stop-carrying rock-arm 203 is held yieldingly by a coiled spring 192 against a fixed abutment pin 197 projecting from. the underside of the trip bar; oneend of said spring being connected to said rook arm 203 and the' other to a longitudinally adjustable rod 110 secured in place .in the trip bar by a set screw 108-. The rock-lever 206 carries a second arm 24 arranged to rest normally against a stop shoulder 26 on the trip bar by the pull of a coiled spring 307, one end of which is con vnected to'said arm and the other connected to the hooked end of an eye 331 fast to the trip bar. The construction of the trip is such that it has two independent movements from the normal position shown in Fig. 9. hen the trip finger is struck by the leading edge of the mail matter in passing between the feed rollers 146, 147, 149 its free end is moved forward in the direction of travel of the matter and is rocked on its pivot in the arm of the rock-lever 206 thereby rocking the stop carrying arm 203 against the pressure of its spring 192 to move the stop 129 away from the die stop roll 138 to release the die. This rocking of the trip by the mail matter acts to free its end from said matter and allows it to return to its normal osition under the pull of the spring 192.- ut the face of the mail matter then passing the end of the trip prevents its complete return or protrusion across the .path of movement thereof so that the rock-lever 206 is compelled to rock or yield outwardly against the pull of itsspring307, which is considerably weaker than the spring 192, whereby the star wheel stop 129 is promptly returned to its die stop ping position while the end of the matter ready for the succeeding piece of mat- I ter. In the meanwhile the die 207 has rotated a single turn, impressed its mark or marks on the mail matter passing between it and the impression roller 34 and its further movement arrested by the meeting of its stop roll 138 with the star-wheel stop 129.

The die hub 207, Figs. 11, 13 and 14,is fixed to a sleeve 134 mounted loosely on the spindle 157. The hub provides a flat seat for the die 133, a socket for a type seat 153 and where the machine is arranged to cancel postage stamps with supports for a plurality of usually parallel and partially encircling canceling bars 7]. .The head ofthe type seat 153 engages with the internal flange of the die 133 and its shank is engaged by a taper screw 184 which draws the die and type seat to the die hub 207, Thehead of the type seat 153 has a recess to receive one end of a type box 69, which lies flat against the face of the type seat. The type boxhas two sets of'grooves or channels on its face toreceive two lines of removable date type 68 and a suitably shaped spring 219 held in the recess in the die hub bears against one of the type to hold the type box removably in ace. ghe spring with, a proper tool the type box with its type may be simultaneously removed from the type seat. The lower end of the die hub sleeve 134 enters the clutch cup 143 which forms a part of the die spindle 157' and in which the clutch disks 135 are seated. The lower'end of-the die hub sleeve rests in-the clutch cup against a pair of bottom'washers 238, one of vulcanized fiber and the other of steel, and the opposite sides of the sleeve have vertical ribs or spines which take into inner grooves in the alternate clutch disks 237 preferably of vulcanized fiber and which are loose with respect to the clutch cup. The other i1'1ter osed clutch disks 135 of steel are loose with respect to the die hub, but have outside grooves embracingthe sides of a pair of clutch dogs or keys 130 the upper end of which project over the upper clutch disk and tend. to draw all the clutch disks in frictional surface contact with each other and the lower one against the bottom of the clutch cup. Theclutch dogs 130 are connected and moved together by a cross bar 172 passing through a slot through the hub of the clutch cup and the spindle 157; and the desired downward .pressure of the dogs upon the clutch disks is had by a spring 226 located within a, central hole in the spindle and mounted. between a pressure adjusting top.

By pressing upwardly on the end of ICC screw 251 having a jam nut 1-14 and a loose rod 334, the lower end of which bears against said cross bar of the clutch dogs. The dogs are held in place laterally by a clutch cover 145 which also protects the clutch from dirt and confines thenecessary lubricant for the disks to the clutch cup. It will be understood that whilethe' spindle 157 is rotating and the diehub and sleeve is at rest being held by-the stop 129 the alter- I Irate clutch disks-135 rotate'with the spindle and clutch cup and slip idly around with respect to the, other clutch disks 237 that are at rest with the die hub-sleevei, The surfacefrictional contact between the disks, however, is sufliciently great that immediately the stop 129 is removedfrom the die hub roll 138, the die hub sleeve is caused to partakeof the rotation -of the spindle until again 3 brought to rest by. the interposition of the stop 129. .The lower end of the. die spindle has secured to it'a gear 277 of the train;

The impression roller 34 is securedto a.

spindle 162 mounted in'bearings provided by a horizontal rock arm 33 that is carried by a pivot 166 seated in the machine table'5 and gear plate 6. The lower end of the spindle in mesh'with the gear train through a gear 279 loosely mounted on the rock arm pivot 166. The impression roller is held to duty by the pull of a coiled spring 215, .one'end connected by a' screw rod and a'pressure reg ulating nut 11.9 to. the rock arm 33, and the other to a stud projecting from the machine table. The inward position of the impression roller with respect to the printingdie is adjusted by a stop screw 348 carried by the rock arm 33 and bearing'against an abut-' ment, on the machine table, see Figs. 11 and .18 The adjustin stop screw may be held Figs-11, 2;'12' and-18,;and.at the same time against 'accidenta movement by' a plug pressed against the threaded'portion of said screw by an angularly disposed set screw 251. The stacker feed roller 144 is secured to a indle 38 mounted in bearings in the ma- S c ine-table and gear plate and is properly rotated by a gear 27 8 of the geartrain secured.

to its lower end. The coacting idler roll351 ismount'ed to turn on a pin carried by a guard plate 55 that is secured to a pivot s indle 105 a'da ted toturn in ,bearin' s in t e machine ta le and gear plate wit its lower end. supported by athrust plate 327, see Fig. 12. The ivots indle105 carries an arm 43 having'a rol 317 w ich occupyinga position at one side of thea'xis ofthe. pivot is borne g upon by'one end of a suitable spring 216byrich the idler and guard plate are yie1dingly held in active position as indicated in allows ithe idler and guard to be swung on its pivot toone s"ide',-see dotted lines in 'Fig. 2,

with its arm'43 against a stop,'to permit ac cess to the printing die; the spring 216 contheir moved position.

thumb nut 260 engaging said screw.

stantly acting against the arm 43 while being moved and also,' after it occupies a position on the other side of the axis of the pivot serves to also hold the idler and guard in The. spring 216 is supported in position by a screw 48 threaded into the machine table 5, with its end pro- 7 jecting a short. distance above its upper surface for a purpose to be explained, and the free end of the spring bears against a shoulder projecting from the under side of said table. I

The stacker star wheel 9 is secured to a spindle 158 mounted in-bearirigs in the machine table and gear plate and has a gear secured to its lower end forming one of the geartrain. The stacker guard 57 is secured to the top of the machine table and extends longitudi nally along one side of the path of movement of the -mail matter from the printing couple which through a bracket 51" carries the end stop 50. The position of the end stop may be adjusted with respect to the rotating star wheel to accommodate'short or long mail to the further end of the machine table. The guard has a bearing for a sliding rod 49 j matter by moving the slide rod 49 in its bea'ring and clamping it in position by 'athumb nut 259., see Figs. 2 andv 3. The stacker I slide plate 54 is fixed to the upright portion of a slide bar 66 which rests in a transverse groove or depression in the machine table so not to obstruct the level surface of said table. The slide plate 54 is fitted with runner blocks 224 of fiber or leather that are arranged to run on planed or polished surfaces or ribs on the machine table thereby rendering the slide plate very free I of movement. Theslide late instead of being parallel with the guard plate 57 is preferably angularly disposed with relation thereto so that mail matto said guard plate and present a wider and .unobstructed entrance for the incoming mail matter. I

The printing die will'be suitably inked at each'rotation by an inked felt roller 242 mounted to turn on a stud pin 198 carried by one end of a bar '36, This bar isslotted to pass'the end of a screw rising from the niachine table. and is confined in place byka 1e inner end of the feltroller bar 36 is held in proper radial'position with respect to the printing dieby a pair of ins projecting from the machine table one 0 which is formed by the end of thescrew 48 that supports the stacker idler spring 216 before referred to.

Instead of relying upon the surface of the machine table 5, over which the mail matter moves on its longitudinal'narrow edge, which table being cast may be mo're'or less uneven, it is preferred to continuethe level polished surface of the table plate 297 located at the ter occupying the stacker will rest at an angle mounted in the upper end of a column stand to properly approach one another.

feeding position throughout .the path of movement of the mail matter through the machine with a letter track plate secured by screws to the machine table and outv away at points to permit the several rollers I The slots in the machine table 5 through which the 'bearings of the yieldingly mounted rollers pass, such as the separator roller bearing 27, the rock arm bearing 28 for the trip pressure roller and the rock arm. bearing 33 for the impression rollers are each protected by dust guards 47 carried by and movable with said bearings with their inner ends playing in slots in the under side of the letter track 65, and are guarded thereby, see Figs. 7 and 11. To guard and direct the mail matter from the large feed roller 23 to the trip feed and pressure rollers there is provided a longitudinally arranged guide conveniently held at one end by the bushing of the small feed roller bear.

ing and at the other end by a pin projecting from the guide into a hole in the'table, see Figs. 2, 3 and 7'. v

The machine, Fig. 19, may be supported by a wooden rectangular base 254 the four sides of which are deep enough to accommodate the gearing below the machine-table 5 the latter forming a cover for the base. To

permit access to the gearing .the machine may be swung upwardly as shown in the figure, the table being provided on one side with depending posts 53 adapted to rest on top of one of the sides of the base and having projecting pins 72 to prevent the posts slipbench or table.

i/Vhat is claimedisf i 2, or may be placeddirectly on a working 1. A mail'marking machine comprising a machine table, feeding and marking instrumentalities mounted to rotate in vertical bearings formed in said table, and a driving spindle therefor mounted in an'inclined bearing formed in said table, said-spindle'having at one end, below the table, bevelgearing for transmitting motion to said instrumentalities and at its other enda handwheel partially overlying the table and in propinquity to the feeding inst'rumentalities.

2. A mail marking machine comprising a machine table, a feedroller the spindle of which is 'mountedto rotate in' vertical bearings in said table anda driving spindle there- .for mounted ina'n inclined bearing formed in the table, said driving spindle having atone end below the table bevel gearing connected to the feed roller spindle, and at its other end a hand wheel partially'overlying the table and in propinquity to the feed roller. V

The combination with the feeding and marking instrumentalities, of an inclined driving spindle therefor carrying one of a train of bevel gears, a bracket frictionally mounted concentric with-the longitudinal axis of the spindle and supporting another of said train of gears, whereby onexcessive i strain to the gearing sufficient to overcome the frictional mounting of the bracket, the bracket will rotatively turn with respect to the driving spindle andthereby move its gear from mesh with another gear of the train.

.4. The combination with the feeding and -marking instrumentalities, of an inclined driving spindle therefor carrying one of a train of bevel gears, a sleeve forming a bearing for said spindle, and a bracket mounted on and clamped to said sleeve and carrying another of said train of bevel gears, whereby on excessive strain to the gearing suflicient to overcome the friction of the clamp the bracket will rotatively turn on the sleeve and thereby disconnect a portion of said gearing.

5.'The combination with the'feeding and marking instrumentalities, of an inclined driving spindle therefor carrying one of a train of gears, a'bracket mounted concentric with the longitudinal axis ofsaid spindle and having a support for one of said train of gears and a shearable'pin holding the bracket in position wherebyon excessive strain to the gearing the bracket will rotatively turn on the sleeve and disconnect the gearing.

- 6. 'The combination with a feed roller, its spindle and gear secured thereto, of a driving spindle therefor having a gear secured thereto, a fixed sleeve-supporting saidspindle,a bracket frictionally clamped to said sleeve and carrying'astud and a gear mounted on said stud intermediate between said other two gears, whereby on excessive strain tothe gearing sufficient to overcome'the friction'of the clamp the bracket will rotativelyturn on the sleeve andthereby disconnect a portion of the gearing.

r 7. The combination with a feed roller, its spindle and bevel gearsecured thereto, of. a

driving spindle therefor having a bevel gearsecured thereto, a .fixed sleeveysupporting. said spindle and mounted -in an inclined bearing, 'a bracket 'frictional'ly clamped' to said sleeve and carrying a'stud a'nda bevel gear mounted on said stud intermediate be tween said other two bevel gears, whereby on excessive strain'to the gearing "sufficient to overcome the friction of thelclamp the bracket will rotatively turn on the sleeve and thereby disconnect a portion of the gearing.

8. The combination witha feed roller, its

spindle and'gear secured thereto, .of a driving res spindle therefor having a gear secured thereto, D

ing die, an impression roller therefor, a

yieldingly mounted rock-arm supporting the roller, a gearseoured to the roller,- agear mounted concentric 'with thelpivot joflthe rock-arm and another gear intermediate of said two-gears and supported by said rock} arm. 10. The combination of the rotatable printing die, an impression roller therefor, a rockarm supporting the roller, a gear secured to the roller, a gear mounted concentric with the pivot of therock-arm, another gear intermediate of saidtwo gears and supported bysaidrock-arm, an adjustably connected" spring for the rock-arm and'an adjustable stop-screw carried by and limiting the innerposition of the rock-arm.

11. The combination of the positively driven stacker feed roller, the pivotal'ly mounted idler roller coacting therewithf and i a spring adapted to hold'said'idler'rollerlboth toward andaway from the feed rollers 12, The combination of the po'sitively'rotated stacker feed roller, an idler roller'co'a ct ing therewith, a pivot supporting said idler roller, an arm secured to the pivot arid a spring coacting with the arm to hold the idler roller bothtoward and away from the feed roller.

13. The' combination of the stacker 'feed roller, an idler roller coacting therewith, a

xpivoted guard: plate; supporting said idler roller and a 'springfa'ctingons'aid guard plate to hold the idler roller toward the feed roller.

14., The combination with the'feed and marking instrumentalities, of a driving spindle geared to rotate thesame, a hand wheel loosely mounted on said, spindle, a yielding clutch member carried by said hand wheel and 'a cap piece confining the handwheel in place and forming the coacting Clutch f ber secured. to the spindle. 15. In a machine of the class described the combination of a rotating spindle, a die hub loosely mounted thereon and seated against bottom disks, a, plurality of clutch disks en' circling the die hub and connected alternatively to the spindle an'd'die' hub and a removable stop engaging the die hub.

16. The combination of a rotating spindle, clutch connected to rotate therewith, a

die hub loosely-mounted on said-spindle and seated against bottom disks, other clutch disks connectedto the die hub and alternating with those of the spindle, and a removable stop engaging said die hub.

I7. The machine table carrying the operatingmecha nismand capable of beingtilted -with respect-to its support; posts projecting from the table 'to provide rests for the table when tilted, and a table brace post also projecting from the table:

18.."The machine table carrying the op er ating mechanism, a hollow base carrying the :machine table and with respect to which the table may .be tilted, posts projecting from v the table to form rests therefor when tilted, a 'table .brace post also projecting from the table, and said hollow base provided with the othermeniber of the table brace'.

In testimony whereof,- I have signed'my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of February 1905.

FREDERICK G; JAHN.

Witnesses: I

GEO. H. GRAHAM, A. T. DOLPHIN. 

